As Netflix and Amazon Prime gobble up content for their streaming services, and cable networks such as HBO and FX attract...

]]>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:40:00 PDTAmazon's 'Sneaky Pete' relocating to California due to state tax creditDavid Nghttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-fi-ct-amazon-sneaky-pete-tax-credit-20180319-story.html
“Sneaky Pete,” the Amazon drama series starring Giovanni Ribisi, is relocating to California from the New York area due to the California tax incentive program that has approved $9.2 million for the show’s third season.

The California Film Commission said Monday that “Sneaky Pete” is expected to...

]]>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:00:00 PDTNew video: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' is a twisty, emotionally compelling chapter in the franchiseNoel Murrayhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-ca-mn-new-video-star-wars-last-jedi-20180316-story.html
New on Blu-ray

The “Star Wars” franchise is so monolithic and means so many different things to so many different people that it’s hard to make a movie that’ll please every fan. Kudos...

]]>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:15:00 PDT'Tomb Raider' bows to 'Black Panther,' which continues to dominate in its fifth week in theatersSonaiya Kelleyhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-box-office-tomb-raider-love-simon-20180318-story.html
After five weekends in theaters, Marvel's comic book juggernaut "Black Panther" continues to crush both the box office and the record books.

The Disney blockbuster added $27 million to its domestic earnings this weekend, raising its cumulative ticket sales to $605.4 million, according to figures...

]]>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 09:40:00 PDTIndie Focus: Emotions and adventures in 'Love, Simon,' 'Tomb Raider' and 'Flower'Mark Olsenhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-indie-focus-love-simon-tomb-raider-20180317-story.html
Hello! I'm Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.

The South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, wrapped up this week, and this turned out to be a pretty exciting year. Jen Yamato and/or I was there for the well-received studio-sponsored...

]]>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 07:00:00 PDTAsia megastar Daniel Wu on his supporting turn in 'Tomb Raider' and his journey back home — to HollywoodJen Yamatohttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-daniel-wu-tomb-raider-20180317-story.html
Twenty years ago, with a University of Oregon architecture degree under his belt, Bay Area kid Daniel Wu took a serendipitous trip to Hong Kong as his graduation present. He wanted to witness the handover, stay a few months, then go home and figure out what to do with his life.

But a chance scouting...

]]>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 03:00:00 PDTNick Robinson steps into the spotlight as a teen coming out in 'Love, Simon'Amy Kaufmanhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-nick-robinson-20180316-story.html

“Have you been to Echo Park Lake? You wanna go down there?” Nick Robinson asks. He’s finished his cortado, a frothy espresso drink that became his go-to coffee order after a trip to Spain a few years ago, and says it’s nice outside — not too cold.

So we leave the Woodcat Coffee Bar, and I throw...

]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:50:00 PDTMotion picture academy president John Bailey faces accusations of sexual harassmentJosh Rottenberghttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-academy-john-bailey-harassment-20180316-story.html
John Bailey, who was elected in August as the 34th president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is being investigated by the organization following multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him.

On Wednesday, three harassment claims were reportedly brought against the veteran...

]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:55:00 PDT‘I Can Only Imagine’ hits faith-based notes yet loses sight of big picture in tracking song’s inspirationKatie Walshhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-i-can-only-imagine-review-20180316-story.html
“Based on a true story” is the bread and butter of the faith-based film genre. As more and more of these films get made, thanks to companies like Pure Flix, and Christian moviegoing audiences add to their popularity, more and more true stories about the miracles of religious faith are required....
]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:50:00 PDTCommentary: Some stereotyped women's film roles we'd like to do away withKatie Walshhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-ca-mn-women-stereotyped-roles-20180316-story.html
Break out the balloons and cake, we’d like to throw a retirement party — for some of the most insidious female stereotypes in Hollywood movies.

It’s been an eventful few years for women in Hollywood. With the #MeToo movement, a cathartic reckoning with and cleansing of sexual harassment in the...

]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:00:00 PDTFrom 'Ready Player One' to heartfelt raunch: The highlights of 2018's SXSW Film FestivalMark Olsen, Jen Yamatohttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-ca-mn-sxsw-film-festival-conversation-20180316-story.html
Held each year over the course of 10 zany days in Austin, Texas, the South by Southwest festival has a little bit of everything: film, technology, music, breakfast tacos and plenty of that famous Texas barbecue. At the close of a 2018 edition that ran the gamut from the surprise premiere of Steven...
]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:00:00 PDTInside Fox's strategy to market 'Love, Simon,' the first film of its kind from a major studioTre&apos;vell Andersonhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-love-simon-marketing-20180316-story.html
Perched above Beverly Boulevard near Fairfax Avenue, a cherry red billboard commands attention. In chunky white letters, a message is written to the city.

When Greg Berlanti first read the script for “Love, Simon” he found the teenage coming-of-age dramedy at once “heartfelt and smart and funny.”

The story of a high school teen struggling with coming out as gay to his community was something Berlanti was familiar with. It was an experience he once...

]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:00:00 PDT'7 Days in Entebbe' is a gripping true-life political thrillerKatie Walshhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-seven-days-in-entebbe-review-20180315-story.html
The gripping political thriller “7 Days in Entebbe” — based on true events and directed by Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha — opens surprisingly with a modern dance performance. It's a captivating choice that serves as an unlikely thematic throughline of the film about a high-stakes high-wire act...
]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:20:00 PDT'Opera House,' 'Journey's End' other movie picks for March 16Kenneth Turan , Justin Changhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-movie-picks-20180315-story.html
Movie recommendations from Justin Chang, Kenneth Turan and other reviewers.

Annihilation Natalie Portman plays a biologist who joins an all-female expedition into the heart of an environmental disaster zone in this eerily beautiful and hypnotically unsettling mind-bender from "Ex Machina" writer-director...

]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:35:00 PDTIts punk style overwhelms its substance, but 'Us and Them' does have star-in-the-making Jack RothNoel Murrayhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-mini-us-and-them-review-20180315-story.html
Writer-director-editor Joseph Martin’s edgy crime dramedy “Us and Them” has something to say, but it says it with perhaps too much pizzazz. Part of a long tradition of incendiary, punk-influenced British social satires, the picture will undoubtedly resonate with some politically engaged filmgoers,...
]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:10:00 PDTImagine Isabelle Huppert as a Euro 'American Idol' star turned factory worker. It's 'Souvenir'Robert Abelehttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-souvenir-review-20180313-story.html
Isabelle Huppert as a has-been chanteuse is all a film fan should need to stoke the wanna-see factor for “Souvenir,” and it probably doesn’t hurt that there’s a May-December romance as an extra incentive for devotees of the magnetic French superstar.

But promise is all one’s left with after Belgian...

]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:00:00 PDTEveryday trouble comes to a head in thriller 'Tilt'Noel Murrayhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-mini-tilt-review-20180315-story.html
A fresh spin on the suspense film, writer-director Kasra Farahani’s “Tilt” is more concerned with everyday anxiety than anything extreme. Rather than literal ticking time bombs, the movie focuses on small pressures that build into big ones: unwanted family obligations, awkward social interactions...
]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:55:00 PDTNice turn by Dylan McDermott wasted in dramatic thriller 'Josie'Michael Rechtshaffenhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-mini-josie-review-20180315-story.html
Coming up short on tension and long on talky exposition, “Josie” emerges as a Southern-fried dramatic thriller that fails to deliver the pulpy goods despite a nicely rooted Dylan McDermott lead performance.

]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:40:00 PDTTessa Thompson and Melissa Leo team up in the wan, wobbly dramedy 'Furlough'Justin Changhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-furlough-review-20180315-story.html
What happens when you send Melissa Leo and Tessa Thompson on a weekend road trip? The talent pairing alone seemed tantalizing enough to warrant further investigation, and I wish “Furlough” had supplied a better answer.

]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:35:00 PDTZoey Deutch blossoms at the center of the wobbly dark teen comedy 'Flower'Sheri Lindenhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-flower-review-20180315-story.html
Erica Vandross, the 17-year-old at the center of “Flower,” is no delicate blossom. She’s an exuberantly irreverent high school rebel who considers fellatio her true calling — in other words, a male fantasy wrapped in female self-empowerment.

As the story opens, she’s using her special skill to...

]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:35:00 PDTComedy 'Dear Dictator' marks new low for Michael CaineGary Goldsteinhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-mini-dear-dictator-review-20180315-story.html
Teen comedy meets political satire in “Dear Dictator,” a turkey of the first order distinguished only by the fact that co-writer-directors Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse convinced the great Michael Caine to costar in this thudding mishmash.

Congratulations to the filmmakers for providing one of...

]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:35:00 PDTAdorable 'Benji' returns, with little effort to updateGary Goldsteinhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-mini-benji-review-20180315-story.html
The 1974 sleeper hit “Benji,” which spawned four theatrical sequels, a series and several TV specials and cameo film appearances for the lovable title pooch, receives its inevitable reboot from Netflix and writer-director Brandon Camp, son of “Benji” creator Joe Camp.